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Mainland-based logistics company ZTO Express (Cayman) has hit the road with its Hong Kong secondary offering, with two other Chinese US-listed firms hot on its heels.

GardaWorld, the Canadian security service company, has made a hostile £3bn offer for larger UK rival G4S, marking the second major bid for a UK company from a North American firm in less than a week.

China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) made a splash in the bond market this week with a dual currency five-tranche deal that raised close to $3bn.

Coventry Building Society was unable to tighten its pricing for a new senior bond in the sterling market on Monday, as UK credit spreads widened on the back of the latest Brexit developments.

Epic Suisse, the Swiss real estate company, has unveiled plans for an IPO on the SIX Swiss Exchange to raise capital to fund future development projects and repay debt.

Seven Yankee banks stole a march this week in the race to frontload funding, as September got off to its usual red-hot start in dollars.

Philippine real estate company Filinvest Development Corp raised $200m from a five year bond on Thursday.

Chinese property developer Xinyuan Real Estate Co, whose outstanding bonds have suffered because of the Covid pandemic, opted for size over price for its $300m return this week.

Nestlé made the tech stock sell-off look irrelevant as it raced into the US corporate bond market as soon as it opened this week, raising $4bn and scoring the lowest coupons on record for a 144A issuer at those maturities on each of its four tranches.

Swisscom raised Sfr100m ($110m) on Thursday with an 11 year bond sold without the involvement of an intermediary bank. The company worked with Swiss fintech company Valyo to issue the bond through its platform that directly connects issuers and investors.

Yorkshire Building Society was more than three times subscribed for a new euro senior deal on Thursday, despite worsening EU-UK relations in the run-up to the Brexit date.

Chindata Group Holdings, iHuman and Yalla Group filed IPO paperwork with the US regulator on Tuesday as they prepare to float on New York stock exchanges.